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IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS BY VOICE AND PHONATION IN RUMANIAN

NCJ Number
16965
Journal
International Criminal Police Review Issue: 274 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 2-9
Author(s)
I ANGHELESCU
Date Published
1974
Length
8 pages
Annotation
DESCRIBES PLANNING AND PROCEDURES TO DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING RUMANIAN-SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS BY MEANS OF VOICE AND PHONATION, ON THE BASIS OF THE PHONETIC AND ACOUSTIC PECULIARITIES OF THE RUMANIAN LANGUAGE.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS WHICH LED TO THE FORMATION OF THE SCIENTIC B BASIS FOR A NEW METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION. THIS METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION ESTABLISHED THE PROCEDURES, THE ORDER OF THE IDENTIFICATION STAGES, AND THE COLLECTION OF SAMPLES OF VOICE AND PHONATION FOR COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION PURPOSES. TWO OF THE EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED SHOWING THE POSSIBILITY OF IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS BY THEIR VOICES AND PHONATION IN NORMAL CONVERSATION ARE DESCRIBED.